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Milei and Argentina’s Opportunity and more…

By Jimbo Ar

 Javier Milei, 52, is the leader of the Argentinian Political Movement La Libertad Avanza. Milei is self-proclaimed Libertarian who is into politics as a Congressman since 2021 and a political commentator for a few more years.

Milei won the primaries in Argentina, PASO, this past Sunday. La Libertad Avanza achieved a 30% of the national vote. This result is a surprise for most of the people even outside of that country. However, there are different takes on the outcome of this electoral process.

According to Pablo Touzon, political analyst, Milei’s victory is the result of failures of Mauricio Macri’s and Alberto Fernandez’ governments. Even, there are some people who compare Milei to Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Natalia Aruguete, journalist, so that Melei’s vote comes an “antiestablishment” type-of-movement or a population feeling due to the years that Argentina and its citizens suffered. (Sourtech, n.d.)

Nonetheless, Javier Milei is truly a genuine politician who looks into a huge government overhaul, even to the point to eradicate the ministries of: Health, Education, and Environment. (Nicas et al., 2023) Most importantly, Miley proposes the use of the United States Dollar, as Argentina’s national currency; to repel the misuse of roughly 14 different types of US Dollars as currency that the government has or contributed to create. in order to fund its government misallocated programs.  Furthermore, Milei seeks to abolish the National Central Bank, which would make sense if the country uses the American currency.    

Argentina, as much of the Latin American continent, desperately seeks to avoid falling into the hands of socialism and its damaging outcomes. In this despair, is that Javier Milei becomes an opportunity, and far from being a perfect one, is an outstanding opportunity for Argentina to emerge back from the current disaster it’s in. But Milei is not only hope for Argentina; if he wins there is a good chance of causing a political shift in the region. 

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